The effects of plantain are mainly diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve urinary dribbling, urinary volume is not passable), expectorant, cool the blood and detoxification, etc. It can be used for the treatment of feverish gonorrhea (burning and stinging pain is obvious when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgent urination, and discomfort of pulling on the abdomen) and astringent pain, oedema with low urination, phlegm-heat cough and carbuncle, swelling and sores.
Psyllium is the dried whole grass of Plantago ovata or Plantago ovata of Psyllium family, sweet in taste, cold in nature, belonging to liver, kidney, lung and small intestine meridian. This medicine has the efficacy of clearing heat, diuretic and diaphoretic, expelling phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying, and can be used for feverish drenching and astringent pain, edema and urination, summer dampness and diarrhea, phlegm-heat coughing, vomiting of blood, nosebleed, carbuncle sores and poisons.
It should be noted that it is recommended to use Chinese herbs under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner to avoid improper use of medication.